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Post by Martini Girl on Jan 30, 2015 18:15:18 GMT -4
If Eddie and Julianne win, I'll be very happy, but honestly, I stopped caring about who wins and loses a while ago. It's all so political, and I think everyone who's been nominated is a bit over-exposed. What I find interesting is that as soon as the show is over, I forget who was nominated and who won. When I come to this thread, I always have to go to Wikipedia to see who was in the running! At this point, I just tune in here for everyone's reactions.
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Post by Oxynia on Feb 8, 2015 20:16:49 GMT -4
BAFTAs were awarded tonight...Boyhood, Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette and JK Simmons won. I'd say four out of those five are locks for the Oscars. I still think Michael Keaton may win for Best Actor.
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Post by Atreides on Feb 8, 2015 21:14:52 GMT -4
It's nice to change my earlier thoughts about how locked down all the major categories were. There is a genuine two-way race for Best Picture, Director (Boyhood or Birdman) and Actor (Keaton or Redmayne).
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Post by lea1977 on Feb 9, 2015 2:56:26 GMT -4
I think Arquette is going to win I don't know about the rest.
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Post by Mugsy on Feb 9, 2015 13:46:26 GMT -4
Many say that Eddie Murphy was a lock for the Oscar for Dream Girls, but that after Norbert came out just at voting time, people "punished" him for that travesty and he lost the award. The concept is even called "being Norberted".
So will Julianne Moore be Norberted for making Seventh Son? Or was it just that people didn't like Eddie Murphy and wanted an excuse not to award him an Oscar?
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Post by Karen on Feb 9, 2015 14:36:02 GMT -4
I think Birdman is more likely to win Picture or Director than Actor since it's beaten Boyhood at American guild awards while Keaton hasn't beaten Redmayne in the same category, but those are close races compared to the other three acting categories. So will Julianne Moore be Norberted for making Seventh Son? Or was it just that people didn't like Eddie Murphy and wanted an excuse not to award him an Oscar? I've read that Murphy is disliked in the industry (same with Bill Murray, another Oscar-nominated comedian - in 2004 he was up against Sean Penn who is disliked by the public but respected in Hollywood). Dreamgirls underperformed with no Picture nomination but was guaranteed a big award even without Murphy (Hudson in Supporting Actress), Little Miss Sunshine was a likeable minor hit, Arkin was a previously nominated veteran who played an entertaining character. IMO Norbit had little to with Murphy's loss. All About Steve didn't stop Sandra Bullock.
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Post by Mutagen on Feb 9, 2015 15:08:19 GMT -4
To the degree that Norbit had anything to do with Eddie Murphy's loss, I'd say it was because a) it was one of many similar dumb comedy flops he'd headlined in recent years, b) it was considered offensive beyond just being a bad movie. Where your more straightforward cheesefests like Seventh Son or Jupiter Ascending are concerned, to me, it seems like most people in the business understand the mortgage isn't going to pay itself. No one cares that Judi Dench was in the Chronicles of Riddick or that half of Hollywood was in Movie 42.
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Post by Mugsy on Feb 9, 2015 15:25:49 GMT -4
Sorry, it was Norbit? Huh, I didn't do my due-google (due-gle?) diligence, I just thought it was Norbert.
Yeah, I figured it was a "people like Julianne, don't like Eddie" thing, although if you're truly voting on what you think is a best performance, that should be irrelevant. Which I've said many times before and realize politics and personality will often outweigh performance. I'm just reiterating that it shouldn't.
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Post by forever1267 on Feb 20, 2015 19:44:24 GMT -4
Vanity Fair looks back 20 years at the 1995 Oscar Broadcast, which was the epic battle of 5 legitimately great movies: Forrest Gump vs. Pulp Fiction vs. Quiz Show vs. Four Weddings and a Funeral vs. The Shawshank Redemption. With lots and lots of pictures. We were so young back then.
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Post by Mutagen on Feb 20, 2015 19:48:07 GMT -4
I subscribed to Rolling Stone at the time and I just have this memory of their endless rage articles about Forrest Gump getting anything over Pulp Fiction. Rightly so, but it's still kind of hilarious to remember.
That really was a great year. It's not remembered as much, but I loved Quiz Show. And not just because Ralph Fiennes was so pretty!
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